FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | OPN |
| Lat/Long: | 32-57-18.0092N / 084-15-50.7103W
32-57.300153N / 084-15.845172W
32.9550026 / -84.2640862
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 798 ft. / 243.2 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 03W (1995) |
| From city: | 5 miles NE of THOMASTON, GA |
| Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 30286 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 07/1994 |
| Sectional chart: | ATLANTA |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ATLANTA CENTER |
| FSS: | MACON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
| NOTAMs facility: | OPN (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | 0800-1800
FOR AFT HRS SVC CALL 706-647-7143. |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MALSR RY 30 AND PAPI RYS 12 & 30 - CTAF. MIRL RY 12/30 PRESET MED INTST DUSK-0000; AFTER 0000 ACTVT - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 133.975 (706-646-4123) |
| ATLANTA APPROACH: | 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0600-0000] |
| ATLANTA DEPARTURE: | 119.6 7000 & ABV 124.2 BLO 7000 [0600-0000] |
| WX AWOS-3 at 6A2 (16 nm N): | 119.750 (770-227-3934) |
- ATLANTA LARGE TRACON IS PROVIDING PART-TIME APCH/DEP SVC 0615-0000; ATLANTA ARTCC PROVIDES APCH/DEP SVC 0000-0615 ON FREQS 134.5/360.75 (MACON RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| MCNr296/34.9 | | MACON VORTAC | | 114.20 | | 01E |
Airport Services
| Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A1+ |
| Parking: | tiedowns |
| Airframe service: | MAJOR |
| Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Runway Information
Runway 12/30
| Dimensions: | 6350 x 100 ft. / 1935 x 30 m |
| Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
| Weight bearing capacity: | | Single wheel: | 20.0 | | Double wheel: | 50.0 |
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| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 12 | | RUNWAY 30 |
| Latitude: | 32-57.543917N | | 32-57.056390N |
| Longitude: | 084-16.394717W | | 084-15.295627W |
| Elevation: | 786.8 ft. | | 797.5 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 121 magnetic, 118 true | | 301 magnetic, 298 true |
| Displaced threshold: | 648 ft. | | 699 ft. |
| Markings: | precision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
| Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | | | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Instrument approach: | | | ILS/DME |
| Obstructions: | 38 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 276 ft. right of centerline
40 FT TREES 276 FT LEFT AT THRESHOLD, AND FENCE AND ROAD 198 FT RIGHT AT THRESHOLD. | | 45 ft. trees, 821 ft. from runway, 570 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear
11:1 APPROACH TO DISPLACED THRESHOLD, 47 FT TREES 517 FT FM DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND 580 FT LEFT. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | CITY OF THOMASTON
P O BOX 672
THOMASTON, GA 30286
Phone 706-647-6633 |
| Manager: | MITCH ELLERBEE
2347 DEL RAY ROAD
THOMASTON, GA 30286
Phone 706-647-4500 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 64 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 54 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 8 | | Ultralights: | | 2 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 44/day * | | 62% | local general aviation | | 38% | transient general aviation | | * for 12-month period ending 27 March 2008 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU FLT SVCS. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| ILS OR LOC RWY 30 **NEW** | |
download (304KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 12 **NEW** | |
download (231KB) |
| NDB RWY 30 **NEW** | |
download (225KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **CHANGED** | |
download (103KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
6A2 - Griffin-Spalding County Airport (16 nm N)
6A1 - Butler Municipal Airport (23 nm S)
4A7 - Clayton County Airport - Tara Field (26 nm N)
KFFC - Peachtree City Airport-Falcon Field (29 nm NW)
KPIM - Harris County Airport (32 nm W)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 23-Nov-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:49 | | 11:49 |
| Sunrise | | 07:16 | | 12:16 |
| Sunset | | 17:31 | | 22:31 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 17:58 | | 22:58 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 23-Nov-2009 07:45:40 |
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| Local (UTC-5) | 23-Nov-2009 02:45:40 |
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| METAR |
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| KOPN | 230720Z AUTO 06006KT 5SM OVC006 11/03 A3008 RMK AO1
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| TAF |
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KMCN
35nm SE | 230546Z 2306/2406 05006KT P6SM OVC008 FM230800 04005KT 2SM BR OVC006 TEMPO 2310/2314 1SM BR OVC004 FM231600 05004KT 4SM BR OVC004 FM231800 04003KT 5SM BR OVC007 FM232300 03003KT 4SM BR OVC007
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KATL
42nm N | 230546Z 2306/2412 08012KT 2SM -DZ BR OVC006 FM230800 07008KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC004 TEMPO 2310/2314 07006KT 1SM BR OVC002 FM231500 08006KT 2SM BR OVC004 FM231900 06004KT 5SM BR OVC007 FM232100 06004KT 5SM BR OVC009 FM240000 08005KT 5SM BR OVC009
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KCSG
43nm SW | 230546Z 2306/2406 08006KT 6SM BR OVC007 FM230700 07004KT 1 1/2SM BR OVC004 TEMPO 2310/2314 1SM BR OVC002 FM231600 09003KT 4SM BR OVC004 FM231800 06003KT 5SM BR OVC007 FM232300 05002KT 6SM BR OVC012
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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